PlayStation Vita

The PlayStation Vita (Japanese: プレイステーション・ヴィータ, Hepburn: Pureisutēshon Vīta, PS Vita) is a handheld game console made by Sony Computer Entertainment.^[18] It is the replacement model to the PlayStation Portable. It was released in Japan on December 17, 2011.^[1] It was released in Europe, North America, South America and Singapore^[19] on February 22, 2012.^[3][4] It was released in Australia on February 23, 2012.^[5]

PlayStation Vita

Manufacturer	Sony Computer Entertainment
Product family	PlayStation
Type	Handheld game console
Generation	Eighth generation
Release date	JPN: December 17, 2011[1] NA: February 15, 2012 (first edition bundle only)[2] February 22, 2012 (full release) [3] EU: February 22, 2012[4] RU: February 22, 2012[4] AU: February 23, 2012[5] CAN: October 2, 2012 (3G version)[6] UK: March 4, 2013 KOR: April 6, 2013
Discontinued	October 12, 2017 (Amazon) WW: March 1, 2019
Units sold	10.27 million (as of April 24, 2015)[7]
Media	PS Vita Card[8]
CPU	up to 2 GHz[9][10][11][note 1] Quad-core ARM Cortex-A9 MPCore[12]
Memory	512 MB RAM, 128 MB VRAM[13][14]
Storage	PS Vita memory card (4, 8, 16 or 32 GB)
Display	5-inch (16:9) OLED multi-touch capacitive touchscreen, approximately 17 million colors, 960 × 544 qHD @ 220 ppi[12]
Graphics	Quad-core PowerVR SGX543MP4+[12]
Sound	Stereo speakers, microphone
Input	Touchscreen[12] Rear touchpad[12] Sixaxis motion sensing[12] Three-axis electronic compass[12] D-pad[12] 12 × Buttons (, , , , L, R, Start, Select, PS, Volume ±, Power)[12] 2 × Analog sticks[12]
Camera	Front and back 0.3MP cameras[15]
Connectivity	IEEE 802.11 b/g/n Wi-Fi, 3G, Bluetooth 2.1+EDR[16]
Online services	PlayStation Network
Dimensions	83.55 mm (3.289 in) (h) 182 mm (7.2 in) (w) 18.6 mm (0.73 in) (d)[12]
Mass	Wi-Fi: 260 grams (9.2 oz) 3G: 279 grams (9.8 oz)
Backward compatibility	PlayStation Portable (download only)[17]
Predecessor	PlayStation Portable

It competed with the Nintendo 3DS. It is part of the eighth generation of gaming.

Discontinuation

It was discontinued on Amazon on October 12, 2017 and worldwide on March 1, 2019.

PlayStation 4 Connection

All games made for the PlayStation 4, with the exception of games requiring the use of special devices such as PlayStation Camera, are playable on the Vita through Remote Play.^[20][21] With the use of a Vita, PS4, and PS4 game, this allows a PS4 game to be run on the PS4, but its screen sent to the Vita, with the Vita being used for the controller, and the image and sound being sent to the Vita's screen and speakers instead of a television.^[22] The end result is similar to what a Wii U console does with its GamePad controller through Off-TV Play.^[22] The Vita technically has Remote Play functionality with the PlayStation 3 as well, though very few PS3 games supported the feature due to limitations with the less-powerful PS3 hardware.^[23] More PS3 games are available for streaming on the Vita through Sony's cloud gaming service PlayStation Now, though they are streamed over the internet in the form of cloud computing rather than directly from a physical PS3 console.^[24] First added in 2014, the service was announced to be removed from the Vita on August 15, 2017.^[25]

Notes

1. The PlayStation Vita is capable of 2 GHz clock speed, but normally outputs an unknown speed lower than this to increase battery life and keep the device from overheating